Birds of Prey #11

Black Canary tumbles through open sky, locked in a mid-air grapple with a heavily built opponent, while a missile streaks past an enormous explosion and a tornado churns in the background — all under the tagline "Flying the Unfriendly Skies!" It's a kinetic, sky-high image that promises serious turbulence for the Birds of Prey, with tanks and armed figures visible on the ground far below adding to the sense of all-out conflict. Written by Chuck Dixon with cover work by Brian Stelfreeze and Greg Land, issue #11 from November 1999 delivers the kind of globe-trotting, high-stakes energy that made this series a standout in DC's late-'90s lineup.